The president of the Socialists and Democrats (SD) party on Tuesday refused to comment on the preliminary agreement reached between negotiators on Costa’s appointment to the European Council, but said the German chancellor was “working” on it.
When asked about the preliminary agreement put forward by several media outlets to appoint socialist António Costa as president of the European Council, Iratxe García did not answer.
The S&D president, who was re-elected on Tuesday, would only comment: “Our negotiators are talking to representatives of other political families. Olaf Scholz led the negotiations in the Council.” [Europeu] and works” in this direction.
“Let’s make our contribution to the European Parliament,” he added.
Iratxe García was re-elected president of the Social Democratic Party and refused to allow European socialists to negotiate with the far right. Targets the European People’s Party (PPE), Spanish PSOE MEP Pedro Sánchez.
The six heads of government and state of the European Union (EU), who are negotiating top positions in the European Council, including the appointment of Antonio Costa, reached a preliminary agreement on Tuesday, European sources told Lusa.
After the failure of the first attempt to reach an agreement at an informal dinner of EU leaders on June 17, these negotiators (center-right, socialists and liberals) debated Europe’s top positions in the next institutional cycle. named after the leadership of the European Council, Ursula von der Leyen in her second term on the European Commission and Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas as head of public diplomacy.
According to European sources heard by Lusa on Tuesday, negotiators have reached a party agreement (which is preliminary) on those names after a video conference meeting on Monday evening, which also includes an agreement by Roberta Metsola, who is expected to be reappointed The President of the European Parliament, although not officially part of the package, since she was not elected by the European Council.
For the European People’s Party, the negotiators are Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk; from the socialists – the head of the Spanish government, Pedro Sanchez, and the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz; and from the liberals – French President Emmanuel Macron and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
I am Michael Melvin, an experienced news writer with a passion for uncovering stories and bringing them to the public. I have been working in the news industry for over five years now, and my work has been published on multiple websites. As an author at 24 News Reporters, I cover world section of current events stories that are both informative and captivating to read.